Re: How to handle &...; tags in docmessages?

Thanks, Albert! I had a feeling that was the case, but it's always good to
confirm before diving into translation.

Have a nice day.

Regards,
Zayed

في الثلاثاء، ٢٤ فبراير ٢٠٢٦، ٣:٢٤ ص Albert Astals Cid <[email protected]> كتب:

> El dissabte, 21 de febrer del 2026, a les 20:54:35 (Hora estàndard
> d’Europa
> central), Zayed Al-Saidi va escriure:
> > Hi,
> >
> > when I've started translating the docmessages, I found a lot of &...;
> > tags. After I read more about them, I understand I should not
> > translate them as they are DocBook Entities.
> >
> > Then I found the customization file for DocBook, here:
> >
> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/-/tree/master/src/customization
> >
> > I notice, there are no entities for application names there, like
> > &kcharselect;  or &plasma;
> >
> > However, all the application names are in general.entities
> >
> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/-/blob/master/src/customization/
> > entities/general.entities
> >
> > As my language is not written in English alphabets, How can I
> > translate the names?
>
> As far as I know nothing forces you to use the entities in the translation.
>
> You can sust translate &kcharselect; to "Whatever You want"
>
> Cheers,
>   Albert
>
> >
> > Your guidance is highly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Zayed
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